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Here’s the latest update on the sale of the Erie Otters… Randy Vataha, co-founder and president of Game Plan Special Services, LLC, the Miami Beach, Fla.-based company brokering the sale, again said the 10-plus groups that have expressed interest continue determining their perceived value of the franchise. Game Plan is determining which groups are the…

Erie Otters GM Sherry Bassin made his big splash in November with the Nick Baptiste. Bassin needed to make the right move – big splash or not – to solidify a group of forwards that needed more experienced depth up front to win at OHL playoff time. Remi Elie fits right in on the left…

Windsor Spitfires (13-21-1-0) at No. 4 Erie Otters (27-7-1-2) When: Today, 7 p.m. Where: Erie Insurance Arena On the air: WFNN-AM/1330, www.ottershockey.com (live stream) Up next: at Sarnia (Thursday, 7:05 p.m.), at London (Friday, 7:30 p.m.) What to watch: The Otters have opened the second half of the regular season with three straight wins by…

The Erie Otters are a quarter of the way through the 2014-15 OHL season. So it’s time to hand out some team awards (because it’s never too early to hand out awards)… MVP – RW/D Patrick Murphy C Connor McDavid would be the obvious choice. RW Nick Betz would be a justifiable selection, given his…

Erie Otters managing partner/GM Sherry Bassin completed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Thursday at Erie Insurance Arena – and he did in grand style. He was drenched by a Zamboni filled with ice water that was operated by frontline forwards Andre Burakovsky, Connor McDavid and Dylan Strome. Bassin was nominated by Aaron Nagy, Strome’s…

Perhaps the Erie Otters defense is more set than I thought. At least that’s the impression I got from GM Sherry Bassin after today’s Prospects Game at Erie Insurance Arena. He hasn’t begun pondering the idea of acquiring a veteran on the trade market, even though he has only three experienced defensemen (Travis Dermott, Cory…

Erie Otters GM Sherry Bassin did a masterful job of keeping prospect Alex DeBrincat well hidden from 19 other GMs for a few months before signing the diminutive yet high-scoring forward (54 goals, 111 points in 50 games with Lake Forest Academy out of Illinois a season) after the OHL draft in April. Bassin’s work…

Spencer Abraham, Michael Curtis and Dane Fox brought different skills to the ice every night as the Erie Otters’ overagers in the 2013-14 season. Abraham, who I thought would be the odd OA out when training camp opened last August, saved his best OHL season for last with a more solid two-way game (8-27-35, +29,…